From: Michael Evans
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Sent: 08/09/03 23:01
Subject: Update: The Birth of the Freedom of Information Act in Japan --
Kanagawa 1982
freedominfo.org update, September 8, 2003
The Birth of the Freedom of Information Act in Japan: Kanagawa 1982
http://www.freedominfo.org/reports/japan.htm
In a new posting on freedominfo.org, Lawrence Repeta of the Information
Clearinghouse Japan board of directors (and currently an Abe Fellow at
the National Security Archive) reports on the 20-year experience with
freedom of information in Kanagawa prefecture -- the most influential
early Japanese access law, passed in 1982, two decades before the
national FOI law.
Follow the link below for the full report:
http://www.freedominfo.org/reports/japan.htm
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